Life cycle assessment (LCA) of production and fractionation of bio-oil derived from palm kernel shell: A gate-to-gate case study

• Main Authors: Chan, Yi Herng, Tan, Raymond Girard R., Yusup, Suzana, Quitain, Armando T., Loh, Soh Kheang, Uemura, Yoshimitsu
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2018
• Subjects: Life cycle costing; Thermal oil recovery; Oilseed plants; Supercritical fluid extraction
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/2311; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/3310/type/native/viewcontent
• Institution: De La Salle University

This paper presents the life cycle assessment (LCA) of a novel process involving hydrothermal liquefaction of palm kernel shell (PKS) to produce bio-oil and subsequent extraction using supercritical CO2 (sc-CO2) to obtain a phenol-rich extract. In this study, five environmental impact categories, na...